Yeah, and then attacking them again concentrated their collective minds on a theological "enemy," thus cohering their worldview.
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Don't take my word for it, they state this in their own material.
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Right but that was, again, a material cause: attacking ISIS, which was already an armed group. Alt-right very different.
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Seems to me that your premise is anti-racist ideological arguments will lead to more racism as backlash. I'm not sure that's true.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
That's a much more general premise than I'm endorsing here. This is specifically to do with the online troll phenomenon.
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How confident are you that alt-right are just trolls & not ideological racists?
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Replying to @HeerJeet
From what I gather it's a variegated constellation of actors. Some are ideological racists, some are just trollish provocateurs.
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Replying to @mtracey
Right. So: don't you think the fact that a presidential candidate is taking memes from some ideological racists is worth noting?
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"Worth noting" in what sense? Analytically? Tactically? I'm not really interested in positing what HRC "should" or "should not" do
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I'm analyzing the effect of what she is in fact apparently doing. That's been my narrow aim from the beginning of this discussion.
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OK: let's analyze effect of ignoring Trump's winks & nods to alt right. Do you think that's good & useful?
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For whom? HRC? Why is it incumbent on me to offer HRC moral and/or tactical guidance? She can do whatever she pleases.
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